With the availability of required inputs for intensive agriculture, the cropping system in Punjab state has undergone a paradigm shift, from a much diversified cropping pattern to a very specialized monocropped one. A study was undertaken in Bathinda district of Punjab State for mapping crop area, cropping pattern and finally long term changes in cropping pattern. Multi-year, multi-date, IRS LI...

In this paper, we consider the authentication problem where a candidate measurement presented by an unidentified user is compared to a previously stored measurement of the legitimate user, the enrollment, with respect to a certain distortion criteria for authentication. An adversary wishes to impersonate the legitimate user by guessing the enrollment until the system authenticates him. For this...

Use was made of Link Analysis to analyze South African universities according to several Web-based indicators, some of which include the number of pages, and the number of in and out-links. The study further examined external out-links so as to determine which institutions are targeted by South African universities. Also investigated were the links or connectivity between universities. Web Impa...

Much has been written about the potential and pitfalls of macroscopic web-based link analysis, yet there have been no studies that have provided clear statistical evidence that any of the proposed calculations can produce results over large areas of the web that correlate with phenomena external to the Internet. This article attempts to provide such evidence through an evaluation of Ingwersen’s...

Abstract Rapid urbanisation and food system transformation in Africa have been accompanied by growing insecurity, reduced dietary diversity, an epidemic of non-communicable disease. While the contribution wild indigenous foods (WIF) to quality rural household diets has subject longstanding attention, research on their consumption role among urban households is more recent. This paper provides a...

Dynamic process-based crop simulation models are useful tool in predicting crop growth and yield in response to environmental and cultural factors but are constrained by lack of availability of the required large number of inputs when applied for regional studies. In this study we report (a) development of a prototype Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) for wheat using WTGROWS simulation model...

Rice is one of the key food grains linked to the food security of the growing population of the world. India has largest rice area in the world and stands second in production. The rice crop is important both from the food security and climate change point of view. The present paper highlights rice-growing pattern in India derived using satellite remote sensing and Geographic Information System...

Background: The WHO asserts every school should be a Health Promoting School (HPS) and laid framework. is constantly working on expanding the number of schools modelled it. status level health promotion needs to explored understand local issues identify key priority areas for policy making towards positive health. study aims explore challenges in implementing HPS framework Government-run Odisha...